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PRAYERS OF THE MEDICINE CULT 



797 



46 Four times drawing them toward 

 me, 

 Here in the hollow of the life-giving 



left hand 

 Of my fathers, 

 Life-giving priests, 

 50 I laid the prayer meal, 

 The shells. 

 The riches. 



Then taking the prayer meal,-* 

 55 The shells. 



The riches, 



Yonder to the east, 



For the second time 



With prayers 

 60 I made my road go forth. 



Where my father's life-giving road 

 comes in 



Standing facing them, 



I offered them praj'er meal. 

 65 Thus anxiously waiting. 



We have passed our days.-' 



Then when all their days were 

 past,^" 



After our moon mother. 



At her sacred place, 

 70 Still small, appeared, 



And now yonder in the east 



Standing full}' grown makes her 

 days,'' 



Now our spring children, 

 75 Whoever truly desires In his heart 

 to grow old, 



Taking prayer meal. 



Taking shell. 



Taking corn pollen, 



Yonder with prayers 



45 a'witela'ma 



a''wana' vi'lana 



hon a''tatc i'lapona 



o'naya''nai[a a''ciwani 



li''wan a-'wan we'cilja o'na 

 ya''nal{a a'stecokta'a 

 50 ha'lawo'tinan'e 



lo'"o 



u'tenan-e 



i'tiulaEapa 



ha'lawo'tinan'e 

 55 lo"o 



u'tenan i'leana 



le'hok" te'luwankwin ta"na 



kwiliEanana 



te'wusa'lfa 

 60 ho' o'neal kwai"iEaka 



yam a'tatcu 



a-'wan o'naya-nalja o'neal I'nakwi 



ya'nikto'na ye^'lana 



ha'lawo-tinan a^'lea'upa 

 65 a'ntsume'na 



hon Se'wanan a-'teajfii 



lokwa le''wi te'wa^fa te'a'ana 



hon ya'onajja tsit i'lap a''te'ona 



yam !ie'laci"'nakwi 

 70 k3''wi tsa'na ye'tsaKana 



li'wan te'luwankwin ta"na 



i'tiulana ho"i ya^'kanalja te'- 

 wanan a'capa 



ho"na'wan Ea'nakwe'nan tca'we 



hot tcuw hi'yawolucna 

 75 ta'cina tse"ma'kona 



ha'lawotinan i-'ieana 



Jo'" i'ieana 



o'nean i-'leana 



le'hok" te'wus a'lja 



i^ The patient expectorates into the package of meal. Thus his sickness is removed, and the father 

 "takes it out to the east." 



''The tour days during which the society holds its ceremonies of curing in the home of the patient. Only 

 the officers and possessors of esoteric knowledge are present. The sacred paraphernalia of the society is 

 set up, songs are sung, the Beast Gods are invoked, and finally the agency of sickness is withdrawn from 

 the patient. The ceremonies are held for four consecutive nights, and last from midnight until dawn. 



3^ The days of waiting until the no\ice was ready to assume his obUgations. 



3' The time is now approaching the full moon. The ceremonies of initiation will begin with the makmg 

 of prayer sticks by all members of the society on the day following the visit of the father to the home af 

 the novice. 



